Kitchen cabinet



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Patented Oct. 118, 1927.

1,645,652 PATENT oFFloE.

MARIE l. LEEDS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

zerfrerrnivk CABINET.

Application led April 30, 1924. Serial No. 710,060.

My invention relates to kitchen cabinets and more particularly to a cabinet which is so constructed that it will conveniently cony tain a kitchen range or stove, and also cooking appliances, serving plates and dishes.

One object of this invention is to provide a cabinet which when placed in position around a kitchen range or stove, will serve' to conceal the stove when it is not being used. When it is desired to use the stove for any purpose, the doors of the rcabinet are opened, and the stove is thus made available for service.

` Another obj ect of this invention is to profr vide a cabinet whereby meats, vegetable plates and other dishes may be kept hot while the meals are cooking and at no extra expense of fuel.

Another object ofthis invention is to pro-v vide a cabinet for the above described purposes of a knock-down type so as to make the shipping and installation of the cabinet sinple and inexpensive.

y invention consists in the parts, 1mprovements andv combinations more fully pointed out hereinafter. Y Referring to the drawings;

Figure 1 is a front view of acabinet einbodylng my invention with one Vdoor removed and the other door detached.

` Figure 2 is a plan view ofthe cabinetwith the top removed. Y

Figure 3 is a side view with one side removed. f'

ing plates.

sembly of the lining plate, the side and one of the connecting-supporting rods.

Figure 6 is a detail view illustrating means for securing a side to a back plate.

As illustrated, the cabinet is a knock-down cabinet but it may, of course, remain permanently in place. Itmay be composed `of two sides, a back plate, two doors, or one as desired, hung in front, a top, a plurality of shelves, lining plates and cross rods.

The sides l .fit into or engage with Vthe i Grooves 2a in the top 2 and the doors in 50 ront are fastened thereto, preferably with hinges 3. Lining plates 4 are provided made of metal or of any suitable material which will serve to protect against heat. These are hung one on each side and arranged so that there shall be an air space between the sides of the cabinet and the insulating plates.

down over the sides.

' various utensils used in the kitchen, an Figure 4 is a detail view of one of the hn-` Metal connecting-supportingrods 5 are provided for the Vsupport ofthe shelves 6 made of heat resisting material. v

.'The connecting-supporting rods 5'which support the shelves' 6, extend thru holes 7 cut in the lining plates 4 and are hooked The back 100 may be removably secured? to the sides by clamps 101 and screws 102.

` With a range or stove, in this example, a gas range, there may be a floor 9 to the cabinet, but generally the floor on which the stove is set is convenient asa Hoor, and 'in such cases'the cabinet can be installed around the stove without a cabinet floor or bottom.

In erecting the cabinet, the sides l vare first set up and the top 2placed thereon, care being taken to have the grooves 2t*k fit The metal lining plates 4 are thenplaced near the inside of the sides l and the sides connected byY means of thel connecting-supporting rods 5, `by inserting the ends of the rods thru the holes 7 and then by inserting the 'hookedends in the screw eyes 8. 'f

The metal shelves 6 are then' laid on 'the connecting-supporting rods v5 and serve a double purpose, that is shelvesfor holdin being made to the'properlength, when properly assembled the metal lining plates-f4 are Figure 5 is a detail view showing the as strips 50 of wood or other` material can be v fastened to the inside of each of the two sides l, at the top, center' and bottom, running from front to back, to serve as an additional means of keeping true theheat insulating spaces between the sides l and the plates 4. Then the doors 9 arek fastened by means of hinges 3 or otherwise to the front of the two sides or the cabinet may be made with one door, hung at either side, as may be most c be an ordinary cabinet is seen, but, Whenthe cabinetfdoor or doorsareopened, the range Y :'maybe used for cooking ,purposes as if there Were no cabinet, fbuumore conveniently and 4 f; economically for theinside 'of the wdoors may be` rovid'edwith basketsfQ to hold knives,

sfo/r s, `spoons or other small articles, Aand ,ghooksQG for' hanging utensils and with the Ashelving6 provided, plates; and food can be kept h'ot during the process of cooking, `and extra gas neednot be used for this purpose.

fi --Gas :is connectedlthru a pipe passingthru the eut-out 27 to be placed at the point most convenient'ltothe meter.y gli Y i A .jillVheny shipping or moving the'` cabinet, it

A can-beeasily taken apart or linoeked'dovvn.

The-cabinet has `a. number of advantages.

" In using i'tjone can cook in -a room which vmaybe a livingroomdand by simply closing the Adoors of the' cabinet the eookstove is concealed frolnvievv'.` It keeps'the food and -fplates hottpyfkeeping the 'doors closed While cooking time is savedin the operation by reason'of-the conined heat.`` ,i fgHa'fving thus'` described. the invention- Aits ;construction will beacl'ear, and it Wil-l be @understood changes inayybe made Without sHdepartingfrom the ,principle of the inven .i -jwh'atflclaimand desire to secure by .Letf ters Patent is: l

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"1. Afcabinet'for; stoves comprising twosides, a metal .lliningffor each side, spaced x-Etherefromandjpro'vided vvwith "holes, a y top- ;-connectin'gsu`ppertingd rods connecting the l sidesand-'extending between the sides Yand thru `the holes in said linings', shelves re- L'Aicabineticoinprising tWolsides, and a top, fastening means carried by the sides, connecting rods engaging the fastening means, metal linings being spaced Jfrom the sides'andcai'riedby the rods, said linings provided with holes thru which the rods pass.` ,f r

A knock-down cabinet acomprising two .-sides, a` ton 4provided With recesses at both edges into `Which the? sides Will tit, Vlat-- ferally extending 'supporting means forv the sides extending' romoneside to the other, metalfrliningsfor said sides `spaced from the ,sides and .supported 'by the said laterallyeX- tending supportingmeans and shelves fitting between `the said metallinings. f yAlnoclz-downcabinet comprising sides, top, back and doors for 'the iront, each part made a separate VunitV d .etachable 7 at.. Will, shelves and eonnectingfandl supportingoross rods for the said sides `in detachable engagement With the latter, metal, linings fvvh'ieh are supported on the said cross rods, 'and shelves placed, upon the latter and abutting said metal linings. V y L n 5. A lznoekfdown cabinet comprising sides, made oft suitable material, ya ,top made with reeessesat each edge of the top Jfor the insertion vo-lj' thesides, asteningnmeans carried sby the sides, lateral ,'rods engagingthe fas tening means, therods extendingffroin one side to theotheriacrossthe nteriorof 'the f cabinet,.metal'lini1igs supported byjsaid rods --and provided `vvithholes to receivefthe rods, shelves. lon the` rods abutting ,said l"metal lings, a metal-back and a door hung from the front oa side. A Vfn testimony whereof, I specification.

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